The Crashes That Changed Motorsports Forever
Вставка
- Опубліковано 14 тра 2024
- Typically, when rules are introduced that govern the many different forms of motorsports, drivers can be entirely confident that they will be suitably protected from any harm. And that is a fair sentiment to hold, as a majority of the time, races go by without a problem. However, there only needs to be one major accident or fatality to open up any previously hidden cracks in the rulebook, and throughout history, there have been some significant tragedies. These are the Crashes That Changed Motorsport Forever.
0:00 Intro
0:48 Le Mans, 1955
5:41 Corsica, 1986
9:04 Talladega, 1987
11:55 Imola, 1994
15:27 Outro
Sources:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1955_Le...
www.gq-magazine.co.uk/lifesty...
www.workingwithcrowds.com/195...
www.visordown.com/news/racing...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_T...
www.autosport.com/f1/news/198...
historseye.wordpress.com/2020...
www.nascarhall.com/blog/1987-...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayrton_...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1994_Sa...
www.racefans.net/2022/04/20/h...
www.formula1.com/en/latest/ar...
Any footage I have used in this video will have its uploader credited on screen.
Videos and photos are not mine, all rights go to the original owners.
TikTok: / uccpqkmoabpnaypm-magbdpa
Instagram: jackohyt?h...
Patreon: / jackoh_youtube
If you enjoyed the video, drop a like to encourage me to make more! With such a small audience, any form of encouragement, constructive criticism, feedback or suggestions are welcome, I love reading what you guys have to say!
#lemans #formula1 #worldrallychampionship - Авто та транспорт
What are some motorsporting crashes that personally affected you?
Dan Wheldon's death. I watched him die live, although I didn't realize that at the time until later.
Ayrton Senna's accident, because I was watching the race and it was devastating, not only for me, but for all Brazilians. The country practically stopped in the following days.
For me ronnie peterson sas really out of the ordinary, he complimented engineers if the car was good, if not he’d say it was absolute horsemaloo, His death really affects me since Swedish f1 drivers are really scarse, only stefan johansson has gotten to the same place as petersson, being a race winner and proving their skill.
I was 12 years old when I saw Senna's crash live on TV and it's always stuck with me.
Senna and Toivonen , two of the best drivers ever to have lived and both died because of bulshit . Senna = SC . Toivonen = team orders . That SC was the biggest pile of shit concerning safety ever it was purely political because F1 was getting boring . Toivonens car should have been retired , it was leaking fuel into the passenger compartment, he was so out of it on the fumes he got in the wrong car (teammates) at the last service . Toivonen was driving for the mafia .
Apparently the head of the FIA went to ratzenberger's funeral and not senna's as he thought it would be respectful to go to the one that most people had forgotten about
And he is still forgetton if it was today he would be alive
Also the Senna family and Brazil hated the head of the FIA, as Senna called out the safety issues in F1 and they didn't care
@@PStahn The Senna family sort of (but never fully proven) hated Jean-Marie Balestre not Max Mosley. Mosley had only just taken leadership of the FIA in late 1993 when the San Marino GP tragedy took place.
@@TheLockbeard The San Marino tragedy was in 1994, both Mosley and Ecclestone were excluded from the funeral by the Senna family, if I'm not mistaken, Balestre was removed as head of the FIA one-two years prior to the accident
@@PStahn Youre right, Mosley in particular was execluded from Sennas funeral, because Ayrton´s younger brother, who was present during the San Marino race, had an Argument with Mosley about the fact that senna was already brain dead and lost way too much blood, but Mosley (and prolly Bernie) only wanted to announce Ayrton Sennas death after the race and i think the brother was also upset that they would go on with the race allthough there were now 2 fatalities (inside 24h).
According to italian law a race (weekend) must be stopped instantly and definitely if a driver dies on the track, which happened here with Roland, who died 100% immediately (also in contrast to what was said in this video, as if he died at the next day....). He was brain dead, and they did a heart massage because his heart obviously stopped beating too. But somehow the FIA and the Formula 1 made the racing weekend continuing, of course because of $$$$$$$. That was a huge controversie, and controveries do sell (therefore more viewers).
I wish Senna wouldve not raced, and his death had nothing too do with the tiretemperature or tire pressure. They (the williams mechanichs) modified on Senna request the steering column, but they didnt have original replacement parts for it, so they did a shitjob with totally unfitting material, which couldnt witheld the forces of a racing weekend, he even didnt drive the last qualyfing because of what happened to roland, otherwise the steering column wouldve snapped even much earlier.
And when a steering column snaps, then the steering wheel becomes totally useless and the car will drive only straight in the direction which it pointed to while the steering column snapped.
"I mean with these fast cars we are- Having the acceleration from 0 to 100 Kilometers an hour in 2.9 seconds, from 0 to 200 kilometers an hour, 9.6. I mean, those slow stages it's a 50 or more, to listen to notes, watch the crowd or watch the water you know its- it's unbelievable you know there is no brain that can work so hard... This is crazy." - henri Toivonen 1986
As you outlined some other crashes have had larger impacts aswell, I think particularly Earnhardt’s (as you mentioned) and Jackie Stewart’s at spa are particularly important
The Head and Neck Support device is a neck brace designed to stop the head from snapping forward in accidents by using the harness straps to hold the device which is in turn chained to the helmets. In effect it stops basilar skull fractures (what killed ratzenburger, Bill vukovich, and Dale Earnhardt to name a few). After it’s invention in the 80’s it had slowly begun getting more adoption, however with stiff resistance from veterans generally for its restraining nature. Earnhardt was one of these staunch resistors, referring to it as “that damn noose.” Ironically that damn noose would have ended up saving his life if he had worn it in 2001, and as a result NASCAR made it mandatory for all drivers after the event.
If you go to any race track around the world, particularly in Europe, you will find many corners named after early f1 drivers, moss, hawthorn, but rarely will you find Stewart. Jackie Stewart was not recognized by track owners large in part due to his parade on safety, which would end up forcing many tracks to change or edit their courses for safety. Stewart started on his parade after his Spa 1966 accident.
“Stewart was driving without a seatbelt when he crashed during the Belgian Grand Prix at Spa-Francorchamps in 1966. He ran off the track while driving 165 mph in heavy rain, and proceeded to crash into a telephone pole and a shed before driving into a farmer's outbuilding. A ruptured fuel tank filled the cockpit with fuel, and could have ignited at the tiniest spark with Stewart trapped inside.” Stewart would sit inside the fuel for several minutes, with broke ribs amongst other injuries leaving him stuck within the car, leaving burns on his skin. Stewart was finally pulled from the car by Graham Hill and Bob Bondurant, who both had ironically crashed out as well. This crash arguably started one on the most important safety campaigns in Motorsport, which had largely ignored drivers concerns as it was just a part of the sport.
Stewart advocated for run-off areas, better barriers, and emergency personnel and vehicles at the track. In the process, he led boycotts of races at Spa and the Nürburgring when officials refused to enact better safety practices. Most of the common safeguards of today are large in part due to Stewart and his crash at Spa.
NASCAR didn't just look at the HANS device as the only safety measure in wake of the Earnhardt crash. They also looked at ways to reduce G-loading in crashes so as to reduce the severity of other potential injuries, as well. What they ultimately brought forward was the SAFER (Steel And Foam Energy Reduction) barrier found at many tracks (at least in the US) today. They reduce the G-loading in a hard crash by allowing the foam blocks behind the steel skin to deform progressively. Arguably it's just as, if not more, effective at reducing serious injuries in a hard crash than the HANS device. It's an elegant design in that it doesn't "catch" vehicles as a softer wall surface might - such as a tire wall - and is often able to return to service much quicker with only the foam blocks behind the steel requiring replacement following a crash. The FIA TECPRO barriers serve a similar purpose, albeit mobile and modular.
And Tom pryces accident
Yes, basilar fractures killed so many drivers, including Earnhart, who chose not to use it, despite it's becoming mandatory a year earlier in Indy Car. At least 12 of 15 fatal crashes were attributed to the basilar fracture in the 1990's alone. Frame integrity, fire suppression, and marshal communication/training are similarly huge. Now we see measures to protect the driver from objects entering the cockpit. It will never be completely safe, but the improvements are due and overdue. Before driving the Chaparral 2J Stewart spent so much time checking the track and car for safety, that Jim Hall began to wonder if Stewart would get around to driving it.
Long live Ayrton Senna. Absolute legend of the sport. Dan Wheldon & Justin Wilson's were two that affected me most since I watched them race for years growing up. Rest in Peace to all that lost their lives racing
Man, the wheldon one gets me. I was watching the race with my father. My girlfriend came over and we decided to go to a park while the race was still going on. An hour later my father called me to say Dan Wheldon was in anhuge crash. When I got home, he was pronounced dead. It's the first indycar death that I lived through with memory.
My father worked the pits in the 80s. He sprayed water after fueling. He had seen someone get decapitated in the grand stands when him and my mom were in the stands watching a race. Absolutely insane.
Great video! Did want to add that while you mentioned Dale Earnhardt, it's worth noting that his death was what caused NASCAR to finally mandate the HANS neck and head restraints in the cars as well as full helmets. They also installed the safer wall barriers at all the tracks. Prior to Earnhardt's wreck the walls where simply concrete with maybe the occasional tire barrier or metal guardrail in the infields. When Earnhardt hit the wall, it was the impact and sudden stop that more or less killed him, the wreck didn't even look that violent compared to alot of wrecks. Taking that into consideration all the tracks now have an impact absorbing wall that when the cars hit it it absorbs the hit and helps to prevent that sudden stop which contributed to Earnhardt's death (lack of helmet and neck restraints also playing a major role)
The dreaded 1 oclock impact added to his loosely tightened seat belt added to it
To all of those who died partaking in the union of man & machine. To all of those who witnessed and cheered, and made it all possible, yet paid with blood and tears in the pursuit of higher speeds. To all of those, that care the thrill of mankind’s freedom, to those who gave it all for the love of our beloved machines. To all of those who, through thick & thin, dominated the pavement, the cobblestone, the sand, the concrete, the mud, snow, and tarmac. To all who died doing what we love and loving what we do, may you forever rest in peace, within the corridors of history; never forgotten, for your legacies live on in the pursuit of freedom.
Damn that le mans footage is so chilling
Le mans ‘55 will always be one of the most scary and horrific crashes in history
Edit: before this I’d only ever seen the footage of the components slewing across the grandstand, now that I’ve seen how it was caused and how easily he got airborne (and the actual crash itself) it’s so much worse. Hands down one of the worst crashes in history definitely… wow…
Cars going airborne at LeMans isn't new...ask Mark Webber. He got airborne twice in one weekend there
@@philgiglio7922 I know, I’ve seen it many times
Finnish Jarno ”Paroni (Baron)” Saarinen could or even should’ve been on this list. He was simply the fastest motorcycle rider in the world when he died at 1973 Nations GP in Monza, Italy. The way he was killed was horrible. He pushed the sport to become more and more safe. But little was done and eventually the lack of safety killed him when Italian rider Renzo Pasolini and his bike crashed into him in the Curva Grande. There was oil on the track on that specific turn and every other rider knew about it expect Pasolini. So he crashed and took Jarno and several other riders with him into the tarmac and barriers. Horrible way to die. Pasolini died too. What I know he was really good talent too. Big loss. But the focus was on Saarinen as he was the superstar alongside Agostini during the early 1970s. Many young or new motorsport fans don’t know the history behind the Monza’s first chicane. But Jarno Saarinen’s and Renzo Pasolini’s deaths were the reason. The speed was crazy going into that turn 1 back then, both with F1 cars or TT motorcycles. These machines were not slow. I think Saarinen was ahead of Agostini in pure pace in 1972 and 1973. He just also got to the top. Saarinen would’ve achieved many championships for sure. It was called TT racing back then as now it’s the MotoGP. What a sad accident that could’ve been avoided quite easily
Thank you for mentioning one of the greatest in Finnish motorsports. Monza's many accidents changed it over the years.
Solid video, respectfully covering sombre events, good job.
I've watched 2 of these races live on TV, in 1987 it took 3 hours to fix that hole in fence at Talladega. I was also watching the morning Senna died and the steering column in his Williams broke, it's there in onboard camera.
I do realise that I should have mentioned the steering column failure. Either way, the crash was almost certainly not Senna's fault.
The steering shaft broke during impact . The steering wheel movement was due to no traction and massive understeer . Senna was and still is my all time favourite F1 man . No one talking about Toivonen either , that accident fkin stank and loads of cover up shit went on . My background is rallying (on the spanners) and I know plenty that were in the service area that day , his fuel was leaking inside the car before his last service , he was so out of it on the fumes he had to be pulled out of his team mates car just before they left the service area for the next stage. So much gets hidden and so much cheating goes on in motorsports at all levels and yes I've been involved many a time in cheating . The bigger the team the bigger and sneakier the cheating gets .
@@thelonerizla1 I still hope that somebody will say AT LOUD the whole truth about Henkka and Sergio someday……
@dusankocisevic6823 I don't think it ever will because they used the old, " there was too much fire damage so they couldnt investigate" bs . Also with Group B dying the same day, most people thought at least they didn't die in vein. Lancia were run by the Mafia back then . A friend of mine and his Italian girlfriend actually witnessed Marcu Alen pulling Henri out of his car, but Henri was insisting it was his own car ! That was only minutes before Henri and Sergio left the service area .
@@thelonerizla1 thanks for sharing this….. many strange things happened these days. We will never know, probably.
Im here to pay my respects to Justin Wilson and Dan Wheldon. They weren’t mentioned but they will never be forgotten
The main cause of the 1955 LeMans Tragedy was as you mentioned, the track had not been safety updated since its start in 1923. What was key was: there was no pit lane! The pits were just at the edge of the roadway. =No slowdown / pull-off routing/speed-up / clear traffic guidance for pitting. You didn't mention Hawthorn's Jaguar D-type had a major technology advance: Disc brakes; first in race cars. The D-types could and did brake much quicker than the other cars.
With no pitting improvements the disaster was a 'Waiting to Happen.' Secondarily: Spectators were not well separated or protected at all.
You didn't mention Hawthorn's Jaguar D-type had a major technology advance: Disc brakes; first in race cars. The D-types could and did brake much quicker than the other cars.
With no pitting improvements the disaster was a 'Waiting to Happen.' Secondarily: Spectators were not well separated or protected at all.
Great video.
Henry Surtees death led to the creation of the Halo
Bobby Allison stated that his engine blew up, which contributed to the debris he ran over. Had the engine decided not to turn into a grenade, the race may have turned out differently. But I’m glad the safety changes were made, keeping the drivers and spectators safe.
Say what you will about NASCAR, but it's amazing that no spectator has ever been killed at a Cup race (by a crash; one man committed suicide and another died when lightning struck their tent while camping in the infield).
how could you not even mention Dan Weldon? his crash was one of the biggest most insane crashes of all time and he was the one designing the new indy car that would prevent cars from launching like airplains if they hit the tires of other cars in a wreck!!!
I didn't want to cover every major crash that's happened otherwise the video would be too long
I'm sure the tyre pressures at the Imola 94 race restart were too low but Ayrton's steering column was found to have broken following hasty modifications by the Williams team.
I thought it was clear that sennas steering Collin snapped. Hence why it just drove straight (not spinning out like oversteer or wheels turned like understeering) all of a sudden mid turn
Another change in F1 cars following Senna's death was tethers to try to retain the wheels, more or less, in place after a crash.
They still occasionally fail. I'm thinking of the Torro Rosso that had both front wheel hubs explode at the same time
D.. good video alot of it really was new to wasn't the sam o same o really really great video 👍👍👍
Henri's gas pedal got stuck in the floor because the metal was so thin, thats why there are no braking marks. It was happen before and after with clutch and gas pedals.
What’s kinda frightening about the ‘87 Bobby Allison crash is that for as damaging and scary as it was, it could’ve been so much worse. Right before the rear end of the car catches the catch fence, the front left side of the car hits the wall and redirects the energy just a bit. If that hadn’t happened, there’s a very good chance Bobby’s car could’ve gone DIRECTLY into the stands and NASCAR would’ve had its own Le Mans incident.
Wasn't the Le Mans crash down to the Jaguar having disk brakes, and catching people out in its ability to stop to much faster than the other cars which were using drum brakes.
Wouldn't say the Jaguar was to blame but was down to others not expecting the car to slow down as harshly as it did.
Part of it, yes. Biggest factor was lack of separated pits. Ever since, tracks have had dedicated pit lanes, organized layout and procedures off the racing roadway for pitting and return to the track.
Nice video. Tough to get every crash, but a second video could include Indy 1964, Indy 1973, Daytona 2001 and maybe Las Vegas 2011.
I still have a 3 tag on my car. Don't forget Neil Bonnet was Dale's best friend and died at Daytona too
In 2000 i drove into our driveway and my wife met me saying he won he won...i knew who she meant. The next year she met me at the gate, looking very solemn and she said "hes dead" again I knew who she meant. Im the race fan, she knew nothing about the sport, but she was recording the race for me. When I played the tape I'm thinking that's not that bad an impact... I've seen far worse over 30 years of Nascar but...
Roger Williamson in 1973 was chilling. Ratzenberger was dead by the time his car came to a stop. His death should have been confirmed at the track which would have cancelled the race.
Ratzenberger heart was electrocuted to work and then he was brought away from the track. It was ultra cynical and fatal cheating the rules.
Following the death of Dale Earnhardt, some type of Frontal Head Restraint/HANS device have become a requirement for racing all around the world. In my country, it's just about every type of event, including Clubmans Race, Clubmans Rally and Rallysprint. I don't follow NASCAR and would struggle to name a single driver in the current series, other than Shane van Gisbergen, but that crash had a major impact, that has reached almost everyone competing in the sport.
Also something that should of been here was the 2006 targa west rally where 9 times Bathurst 1000 winner Peter brock lost control of his Shelby Daytona coupe, sending it into a tree. The crash killed Peter but his co-driver escaped with severe injuries. Due to the incident the tree was cut down and on that same corner there is now guardrail. All cars also had added safety features and the rally was canceled for 2007 and would return in 2008.
Bruce McLaren and the marshalls stand that was scheduled to be removed
Toivonen did not burn into the car, his and co-driver`s body were found several meters away. S4`s bodywork was so weak that it was crushed instantly and the men just hit fatally the trees and ground.
That corsica 86 radiocall gave me shivers down my spine. Holy shit.
Same here.
What about Indi 500 Gordon smiley crash
F1 just isn't the same without a Brazilian driver on the grid.
in a de-restricted nascar test, an average speed reached 227mph at Talladega from memory.
SO DONT RACE ON THE DATE APRIL 30TH THROUGH MAY 2ND IS WHAT I LEARNED
Group B and its planned successor, Group S, would’ve been more at home in rallycross than rallying. And while some Group B cars did find their way into rallycross, I think it should’ve been an official rallycross category, as should Group S.
Group b biggest problem was the security of spectators and drivers if it had the same security as today wrc but with a limit of 650 hp henry would be alive and the portugal accident woul never had existed
At 4:50 a driver goes into the air with the crash.
the greg moore crashed killed indy car. Thats a fact. Yes its still a race series but barely survived.
BOY EARNHARDT MISS THAT CRASH BY AN INCH
i wish i could meet Aryton Senna
'55 LeMans deadliest!!!
Bro sound so British
I'll give you one guess as to why that might be
☠️
it's almost like he's... british.
14:42 unfortunately, Senna was shot by a piece of debris that launched into head, which contributed to the failed turn. It was also the reason why the artery was torn.
nope. it's the suspension wishbone that pierced his helmet and came into his skull under impact in the wall.
Hawthorn is 100% at fault for le mens 1955.
Many were after Hawthorne. But investigation showed the main cause was the unimproved way out of date track for 1950's speeds: No separate pits! Pits was just a stretch along the roadway. =No organized / channelled pit lane, no way off the roadway. So if not Hawthorne/Macklin /Levegh would've been someone else. And the Jag D-Types innovated Disc brakes: enabled them to stop much faster than anyone else. Other drivers unprepared for that / combined with: No Pitting slowdown /speedup lanes / no clear separated pits.
I didn’t watch this for the commercials, to top it off he asks for money, thumbs down!
What commercials
Racing is supposed to be dangerous quit making it safe